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Nurses’ union issues 7-day strike ultimatum

Kenya: The Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) has given the county government a seven-day ultimatum to clarify the status of absorbing 189 of the union's contracted members, failure to which they will down their tools.

The members, who include nurses and other health cadres, are accusing the county government of failing to absorb them as per the terms of the three-year contract they signed in 2011 under the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP).

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